Texas Manx Club

by **Rick** » 12 Tue May, 2009 12:39 pm

Has anybody built there own roll cage? What size pipe did you use? have you ever used a pipe bender from Northern tool? How does that work?

latter
Rick

by **jspbtown** » 12 Tue May, 2009 1:55 pm

The bender from Harbor freight is a pipe bender not a tube bender.

Without modification it will only kink the tube.

The modifications that are needed are on The Samba.

Neil at Hawkeye Buggies is a great source for a "show" cage. I used him for my Manx build.

by **David Head** » 12 Tue May, 2009 4:03 pm

I agree, Neil Decker at Hawkeye is the only way to go. He is not far from you. He is located in Hawkins, Texas

http://www.hawkeyebuggies.com/

by **Aquabuggy** » 12 Tue May, 2009 4:52 pm

Yea I built my own see it here http://www.texasmanxclub.com/bboard/vie ... php?t=1082
But it would be much less expensive to have Hawkeye or Texasbuggys build one for ya.

by **Fred** » 12 Tue May, 2009 6:45 pm

If you can weld there are some pretty inexpensive cages @ www,mooreparts.com in the off road accessories section. I've caged a couple of race cars and If you dont know the math for subtracting the curves you're in for some headaches. I really recommend at least buying a kit, believe me, you'll have plenty of trimming to do even with a prefab cage. JMO, Fred. P.S. they come with instructions and they're already notched!!

by **matter396** » 12 Tue May, 2009 7:33 pm

i see you used filler over the welds on your cage can you do this if your gonna powdercoat and not paint?

by **ckolek** » 12 Tue May, 2009 7:44 pm

no filler on powder-coat....

by **Aquabuggy** » 12 Tue May, 2009 8:38 pm

I think you can use JB weld as fill material and powder coat it.

by **jspbtown** » 13 Wed May, 2009 8:55 pm

Rick,
It wouldn't let me respond to your PM for some reason.

Here is the link:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewto ... ght+bender

by **Rick** » 14 Thu May, 2009 8:28 am

jspbtown

Thanks I finally found it. I'll try that this weekend since it doesn't look good for flying. It will keep me out of trouble.

latter
Rick

by **Texasbuggys** » 14 Thu May, 2009 10:16 pm

You can use lab metal and smooth it out and powder coat over it no problem.

by **matter396** » 15 Fri May, 2009 7:44 pm

Lab Metal????

by **Texasbuggys** » 16 Sat May, 2009 11:41 am

yep it is like a JB weld, is sandable and takes the electric charge to adhere the powder.

by **matter396** » 16 Sat May, 2009 1:26 pm

where do you get lab metal????

by **Texasbuggys** » 16 Sat May, 2009 10:46 pm

eastwood sells it and some fastenal stores

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